The Navy Lark, 1959 - British Classic Comedy The Navy Lark, 1959 1950's , 1950's BBC Comedy , 1960's , 1960's BBC Comedy , 1970's , 1970's BBC Comedy , Radio Broadcast on the BBC Light Program and subsequently BBC Radio2.The Navy Lark was a radio sitcom that revolved around life aboard a British Royal Navy Frigate – HMS Troutbridge, based in HMNB Portsmouth. It ran for a mammoth 244 episodes between 1959 and 1977. Summary Programs were self-contained, although there was continuity within the series, and there would sometimes be a reference to a previous episode. A normal episode consisted of Sub Lieutenant Phillips, scheming Chief Petty Officer Pertwee and bemused Lt. Murray trying to get out of trouble they created for themselves without being found out by their direct superior, Commander (later Captain) “Thunderguts” Povey.

Scenes frequently featured a string of eccentric characters, often played by Ronnie Barker Clips The Navy Lark Guide - Information and News on the Classic BBC Radio Comedy about The Royal Navy Ship HMS Troutbridge and her Crew starring Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Stephen Murray, Dennis Price, Tenniel Evans, Heather Chasen, Ronnie Barker, Richard Caldicot and Michael Bates Listen to The Navy Lark now on BBC iplayer Next Episode: The Navy Lark Series 12 - Episode 8/10. Operation Cowes Barge. HMS Troutbridge heads to the Isle of Wight, and Captain Povey needs a favour from the crew. Stars Leslie Phillips. From 04th July 1971. Next Episode: The Navy Lark Series 12 - Episode 10/10. The Loch Ness Monster. Monstrous goings on when the crew of HMS Troutbridge hit Scotland. Stars Jon Pertwee and Leslie Phillips. From 18th July 1971. CPO Pertwee's Quote-a-matic Ladies and Gentlemen We Present...

The Navy Lark With our three stars Leslie Phillips, Stephen Murray and Jon Pertwee The Navy Lark was a BBC radio comedy written by Laurie Wyman and George Evans about the crew of The Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge and their mis-adventures. The show was first aired on The Light Programme in 1959 and ran for thirteen series until 1976 making it the second longest running radio programme the BBC has made. The main characters of The Navy Lark are: Cheif Petty Officer Pertwee, played by Jon Pertwee; Sub Lieutenant Phillips, played by Leslie Phillips and The Number One, which was played by Dennis Price in the first series and Stephen Murray from then on. The rest of the regular characters (too many to list here - see the cast and crew section) were played by Richard Caldicot, Ronnie Barker, Tenniel Evans, Michael Bates and Heather Chasen. The different sections of this website are: News - News about The Navy Lark Episode Guide - A guide to all the episodes and series of The Navy Lark.

Film - The 1959 film version of The Navy Lark Cast - A list of the actors that were in The Navy Lark and the parts they played Characters - A list of characters from the show Picture Gallery - A Picture Gallery of whatever pictures I can find to do with the show HMS Troutbridge - Ports of Call - Links to other sites Join our group on Facebook News: The Navy Lark Series 15 + Jubilee Special Due for release 1st June 2017 The Navy Lark Series 15 Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray star in the complete Series 15 of the fondly remembered nautical radio sitcom. All eleven episodes of this, the final full series from 1976, are included, alongside the 1977 Jubilee special and other bonus items. Duration: 7 hours approx. Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray star in the complete Series 15. The Navy Lark is the second longest-running comedy in British radio history (the topical Friday night show, Week Ending, which ran from 1970 to 1998, is currently the longest).

In 1958, writer Laurie Wyman announced that he wanted to build a series around talented comic actor Jon Pertwee. Having secured Pertwee as the lead, he looked for other main characters and is quoted in the Radio Times as saying 'I felt we needed an idiot, and there was no one better at playing idiots than Leslie Phillips - so we got him.' The first episode of the series went out on 29 March 1959 and, from the start, the light-hearted and affectionate spoof on the Senior Service won many fans - some of the highest order! On the occasion of the show's 21st anniversary, for example, the crew were asked by WRNS to put on a special performance. They duly obliged, and in the audience that night at the Royal Festival Hall was Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother. Sir Charles Lambe, who was the first Sea Lord at the time, had also visited the studio during rehearsal. The crew of HMS Troutbridge were a motley bunch: Jon Pertwee, who actually served in the Navy during the Second World War, played the conniving Petty Officer and was established as a household favourite by the series.

Leslie Phillips was the vague chinless wonder Sub-Lieutenant. His parrot cry of 'left hand down a bit' has passed into A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, whose author Eric Partridge writes 'within two years, it was a standard piece of Navalese'. The young Ronnie Barker (long before attaining fame as a television comedy actor) also appeared in the series, playing two parts: (Un)Able Seaman Fatso Johnson and Lieutenant-Commander Stanton. The Navy Lark gripped the nation for the best part of twenty years. Its signature tune, composed by Tommy Reilly and James Moody, was the jaunty Trade Wind Hornpipe and did much to contribute to the popularity of the series. The key to the show's popularity, though, was its irreverent but essentially gentle humour and, most of all, the many-voiced talents of its stars. As Leslie Phillips remarked in 1987, 'I caused more damage to Naval property than the Navy had done in two world wars'. The final episode was broadcast on 18 January 1976.

However, the crew all jumped on board one last time for a Jubilee Special on 16 July 1977. -= 25 June 2016 =- The Navy Lark Volume 31: Horrible Horace Due for release on 2nd March 2017 Four episodes of the much-loved classic BBC radio comedy series, set on and around the good ship HMS Troutbridge. Starring Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Stephen Murray, Ronnie Barker and cast. -= 26 May 2016 =- The Navy Lark: Collected Series 14 Due for release 01 December 2016 The Navy Lark Series 14 All 13 episodes of the 14th series of the classic nautical BBC radio comedy series, plus bonus features. This much-loved classic comedy series stars Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray in 13 episodes of mirth and mayhem, first broadcast in 1973. This CD set also includes a PDF booklet featuring a detailed history of the development of the series, cast biographies, and an episode guide. Duration: 7 hours approx.

-= 26 November 2015 =- The Navy Lark: Volume 30 - A Sticky Business Due for release 06 May 2016 Four episodes of the much-loved classic BBC radio comedy series, set on and around the good ship HMS Troutbridge. Starring Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Stephen Murray, Ronnie Barker and cast. The episodes featured are: The Hovercraft Training Course (12 September 1965), A Sticky Business (18 September 1966), Operation Showcase (7 October 1973) and Relief for Station 150 (30 November 1975). -= 04 October 2015 =- The Navy Lark: Collected Series 13 Due for release 04 June 2016 An Hour with Jon Pertwee The star of 'Doctor Who', 'The Navy Lark' and 'Worzel Gummidge', actor Jon Pertwee entertains an audience with his one-man biographical show - sharing tales from his very early days through to his career highlights. Jon recalls life at school and in the navy during the war.

Staying afloat, he moves onto working on popular BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark - and reveals how one of his co-stars was instrumental in him taking over from Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who for BBC TV in the 1970s. Later when playing Worzel Gummidge for Southern TV, Jon loved being able to change heads - and he also reveals how he stood up to Kenneth Williams on a 'Carry On' film! -= 17 March 2015 =- The Navy Lark: Collected Series 11 Due for release 01 October 2015 The Navy Lark Series 11 16 episodes from the eleventh series of this much-loved BBC radio classic comedy starring Stephen Murray, Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee. Also included is a PDF booklet containing a detailed history of the development of this series of The Navy Lark, cast biographies, and a series episode guide. With a starring cast of Stephen Murray, Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee, ably supported by Richard Caldicot, Heather Chasen, Tenniel Evans and Michael Bates, The Navy Lark remains buoyant after all these years.

Lawrie Wyman conceived the format of The Navy Lark in the 1950s, and wrote the scripts with George Evans. The series ran until 1977 and was enormously popular with BBC radio audiences. 11th Series Episode List 1968-69 01 28 Dec 1969 The Squatters 02 4 Jan 1970 Admiral Hunting (a.k.a. What is the S.S.E.?) 03 11 Jan 1970 The Promotion Ladder 04 18 Jan 1970 Stranded 05 25 Jan 1970 StarrSir Willoughby's Party 06 1 Feb 1970 Fleet Initiative Test 07 8 Feb 1970 C.P.O.

Pertwee's Long Service Medal 08 15 Feb 1970 The Phenomenal Pertwee Tug 09 22 Feb 1970 The Security Clampdown 10 1 Mar 1970 The Anniversary and the Washing 11 8 Mar 1970 The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge 12 15 Mar 1970 Getting Spliced (a.k.a. Number One Gets Married) 13 22 Mar 1970 The Honeymooners Return 14 29 Mar 1970 C.P.O. Pertwee and the Lead Half Crowns 15 5 Apr 1970 Dartmouth Naval College Has Had a Narrow Escape (a.k.a. Sub-Lt Phillips to Leave for Dartmouth) 16 12 Apr 1970 The Mark 31 Radar -= 19 Febraury 2015 =- Stephen Murray, Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Tenniel Evans star in four episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom.

Helen, the New Wren (23 Nov 1975) Black is Beautiful (7 Dec 1975) Sidney and the Stamp (14 Dec 1975) Commander Murray Becomes a Showjumper (7 Dec 1975) The crew of HMS Troutbridge return in these four classic episodes of the long-running comedy series. Two new WRENs arrives on the scene, and Mr Murray becomes green-eyed at an apparent love rival. The First Sea Lord appeals for anyone to locate his missing son, and CPO Pertwee tries to capitalise on a resemblance to Mr Phillips. Later Mr Phillips becomes one half of a vent act, and Mr Murray competes to be Naval Horseman of the Year. As ever, nothing goes quite according to planï¿½ The Navy Lark - BBC LP Sitcom - British Comedy Guide Classic radio sitcom about life aboard HMS Troutbridge, a British Royal Navy frigate Sorry, we don't yet have a full guide to this comedy. × Search Results - Entertainment Entertainment You are using an older browser version. Please use a supported version for the best MSN experience.

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THE NAVY LARK The Navy Lark was a radio sit-com about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge, based in HMNB Portsmouth, though in series 1 and ... The Navy Lark Guide - Information and News on the Classic ... navylark.0catch.com The Navy Lark was a BBC radio comedy written by Laurie Wyman and George Evans about the crew of The Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge and their mis-adventures. The Navy Lark 1959 - YouTube The film version of the Navy Lark Film version of the popular BBC radio show about the incompetent crew of a Royal Navy ship. Starring Cecil Parker, Ronald ... The Navy Lark - Old Time Radio Network The Navy Lark by oldtimeradio The Navy Lark was a BBC radio comedy written by Laurie Wyman and George Evans about the crew of The Royal Navy ship HMS Troutbridge and their mis-adventures. The show was first aired on The Light Programme in 1959 and ran for thirteen series until 1976 making it the second longest running radio programme the BBC has made.

The main characters of The Navy Lark are: Cheif Petty Officer Pertwee, played by Jon Pertwee; Sub Lieutenant Phillips, played by Leslie Phillips and The Number One, which was played by Dennis Price in the first series and Stephen Murray from then on. The rest of the regular characters (too many to list here – see the cast and crew section) were played by Richard Caldicot, Ronnie Barker, Tenniel Evans, Michael Bates and Heather Chasen. The series used accents and characterised voices to supplement the humour, as well as a good deal of innuendo. The programme featured musical breaks with a main harmonica theme by Tommy Reilly and several enduring catchphrases, most notably from Sub Lieutenant Phillips: “Corrrrr”, “Ooh, nasty…”, “Oh lumme!”, and “Left hand down a bit”. “Ev’rybody down!” was a phrase of CPO Pertwee’s, necessitated by a string of incomprehensible navigation orders by Phillips, and followed by a sound effect of the ship crashing.

Also, whenever Pertwee had some menial job to be done, Able Seaman Johnson was always first in line to do it, inevitably against his will: “You’re rotten, you are!”. The telephone response from Naval Intelligence (Ronnie Barker), was always an extremely gormless and dimwitted delivery of “‘Ello, Intelligence ‘ere” or ‘This is intelligence speakin'” Other recurring verbal features were the invented words “humgrummits” and “floggle-toggle” which served to cover all manner of unspecified objects ranging from foodstuffs to naval equipment. The Navy Lark made Leslie Phillips a Household Name The series made household names of Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Richard Caldicot, but Ronnie Barker’s versatilecontributions were only recognised after he had become better known through television comedy. Michael Bates later appeared on television as Blamire in Last of the Summer Wine and as Rangi Ram in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. Judy Cornwell was later to appear in the short series Moody and Pegg, but became best known when she was cast as Daisy, one of Hyacinth Bucket’s sisters in Keeping Up Appearances.

Dennis Price returned for a guest appearance in the fourth series episode A Hole Lieutenant. There were several radio sequels, including The Embassy Lark and The Big Business Lark. The TV Lark was intended to be a replacement for The Navy Lark starting with what would have been the series’ fifth season.This situation came about due to the head of light entertainment believing that “forces” based humour had had its day and television was the next “big thing” so Lawrie was told to create a show with the same cast in an independent TV station situation. Alastair Scott Johnston and Lawrie Wyman tried to stop this folly but were over ruled, hence the arrival of The TV Lark. The entire cast had been drummed out of the service (as the announcer puts it) and hired by Troutbridge TV Ltd. Janet Brown joined the cast due to the absence of Heather Chasen for this season. However, mainly due to public pressure, the production team of Alastair Scott Johnston and Lawrie Wyman managed to revert the show back to nautical capers, and episode ten of The TV Lark revealed that although CPO Pertwee had arranged to flog almost the entirety of HMS Troutbridge.

Storylines in The TV Lark nudged back to Naval origins across the ten shows until they were finally reunited with Troutbridge and acceptable storylines once more. 10 episodes were made but unfortunately Episode 9 is lost. The nine surviving episodes are available on YouTube. In 1959 a film version was made, written by Laurie Wyman and Sid Colin and directed by Gordon Parry. Jon Pertwee, better known to millions as Doctor Who It starred Cecil Parker, Ronald Shiner, Elvi Hale, Leslie Phillips and Nicholas Phipps. Wyman co-wrote with three other writers a television sitcom HMS Paradise (Associated-Rediffusion, 1964-5) set in a naval shore establishment in which Caldicot played Captain Turvey, but only one series was made. The entire series has been wiped, but a rumour exists that one episode still exists. The show was condensed from 30 to 27 minutes by Transcription services, the discs were then exported around the world except for South Africa.

As Springbok Radio was a commercial station the BBC refused to allow the station to re-broadcast the British shows so the station acquired the scripts from Lawrie and edited them to around twenty five minutes, to accommodate the commercial breaks,the revised show was recorded them in front of a live audience before broadcasting them. All the UK associations were kept for the Durban audiences which must have been incomprehensible on occasions. Excerpts of these broadcasts can be heard on the Springbok celebration site and occasionally Pumamouse. LISTEN TO AN EPISODE: The Navy Lark – Demise Of The Depth Charges You can hear episodes of the Navy Lark daily on the British Comedy Channel…. Happy Listening! Related Posts This week's The Navy Lark available on iplayer The Navy Lark Series 12 - Episode 1/11 The Put-a-Horse-Out-to-Graze Fund ... Chief Petty Officer Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own financial black hole. Stars Jon Pertwee. From 16th May 1971.wheeling and dealing leaves Troutbridge in the firing line. With Leslie Phillips. From 12th November 1967.

The Navy Lark (Radio) - TV Tropes The Navy Lark You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share The Royal Navy's finest "Ladies and Gentlemen, we present... the Navy Lark." A radio comedy produced by The BBC which ran from 1959 to 1977 starring Leslie Phillips , Stephen Murray, Jon Pertwee , Richard Caldicott, Ronnie Barker, Heather Chasen, Tenniel Evans and loads of others. The Navy Lark followed the adventures of the Royal Navy's least wanted crew on HMS Troutbridge note A Type 15 Frigate, a take off of the real life H.M.S. Troubridge with whom it shared its pennant number, F09 as scheming Commander (promoted over the course of the series to Commodore) Povey tried to dump them overboard and they tried to avoid life on civvy street. Generally these were interspersed with CPO Pertwee's doomed-to-failure get-rich-quick schemes and Sub-Lieutenant Phillips' equally doomed attempts to chase down WRN Chasen.

Tropes: Commander Bracewell, who typically delivered bad news to Captain Povey, had a variety of annoying laughs, ranging from the tauntingly mocking to the loud and goofy. In-show at least: people have this reaction to Mr. Murray's laugh, too Armed Farces : Set in the UK's Royal Navy, and occasionally featuring other branches of the British military and even foreign services. Leslie Phillips famously claims that his character caused more damage to military equipment than World War 2 . Bandit Clan : The Pertwee Clan has been selling Naval stores ever since the Battle of Trafalgar. It's a tradition. The Baroness : A Lighter and Softer version in the form of Forbodian spy Natasha Snogitoff, who would occasionally show up to be either a sultry voiced seductress or a leather catsuited whip-cracking antagonist. Breaking Bad News Gently : During a very confusing conversation with Sub-Lt. Phillips, the ship's chaplain had to sit down, stand up, and sit down again. Brits with Battleships : Mostly dented by Sub-Lieutenant Phillips, who caused more damage to naval property than two World Wars.

Can't Hold His Liquor : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips, half a lemonade shandy (a drink that is 50/50 lemonade and mild beer) and he is anyone's. Captain Crash : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips. He's cause more damage to Royal Naval property than both World Wars. Catch Phrase : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips' "Left hand down a bit", CPO Pertwee's "Everybody down!!", and Able/Leading Seaman Goldstein's "Starboard lookout here, Able Seaman Goldstein chatting". In series one, there's Lieutenant-Commander Price's drawled and slightly gloating "graaand morning/day/evening, isn't it?" when he's got one over on CPO Pertwee. Able Seaman Johnson's "I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all" Ceiling Banger : The thin bedroom walls (and the requisite banging) were one of the reasons Commander Murray was so keen to move out of his parents-in-law house Chronically Crashed Frigate : Poor old HMS Troutbridge, the only ship in the Royal Navy with a corrugated iron-effect hull.

The Clan : There are Pertwees in every branch of the UK services, all dedicated to running it for their own profit. Cloudcuckoolander : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips. Was only rarely on the same plane of reality as the rest of the cast, and likely to go off on the most bizarre tangents. When it comes to this trope, Vice-Admiral 'Burbly' Burwasher takes the biscuit, the set of chunky tumblers and the collection of World Cup Winners' medals with three Bobby Charltons and still no Bobby Moore. They are, of course, kindred spirits: Birwasher: Hello, I like this fellow with the blond rinse. Yes... he doesn't know what the hell's going on either! Lt Cmdr Bell, during his time as the mostly-absent captain of Troutbridge, also counts. Comically Missing the Point : Phillips is prone to this, what with his being a Cloudcuckoolander and all. Companion Cube : Troutbridge herself is treated like this. Corrupt Quartermaster : Pertwee, and his entire family.

In the first couple of seasons Pertwee was running a shop out of the Navy stores, even when Troutbridge put to sea he managed to continue his wheeling and dealing. Cryptid Episode : In one episode, the Troutbridge crew is reassigned to find the Loch Ness Monster. Did I Just Say That Out Loud? : Vice-Admiral 'Burbly' Burwasher who used to deliver all of his stream-of-consciousness internal monologues out loud, apparently completely unaware that he was doing it. Drill Sergeant Nasty : C.P.O. Bull in the episode set during Phillip's naval training. Well at least according to Phillip's recollection anyway.. The Drunken Sailor : Several, but star example is Vice-Admiral Prout whose liver can be used to sole and heel boots. Eagleland : Any visiting American character ended up here. Usually with only barely authentic American accents. Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" : "The Lad", the only member of Troutbridge's engineering crew who actually knows how the ship runs.

Faking Engine Trouble : In one episode Commodore Povey orders the crew of HMS Troutbridge to fake various problems with the ship so he can get out of dinner with his mother-in-law, a variety of Springtime for Hitler plot complications soon take place though. Fat Idiot : Able Seaman "Fatso" Johnson, CPO Pertwee's perennial fall guy for when a scheme falls through. Fatso is also prone to get into trouble at the mention of food too. Happily Married : Commander Murray and his wife. Handsome Lech : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips, playing off Leslie Phillips' common screen persona. He was very dashing in a thin moustached sort of way, but very prone to chasing the ladies. Henpecked Husband : Povey, completely under the tumb of his overbearing wife Ramona. Honest John's Dealership : CPO Pertwee can sell anything from a can of beans to a battleship. Often without the previous owner knowing. Would have had a minor Crowning Moment of Awesome by requisitioning all the Royal Navy's higher-class chairs to resell — if Povey hadn't caught on.

Incredibly Lame Pun : Number One was a frequent dealer of these. It was a Running Gag that he'd laugh at his own joke, and in everyone else there'd be an awkward silence. Insane Admiral : Too many to count, although resident Admiral Ffontbittocks can be disturbingly sane on occasion. Insane Troll Logic : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips had a Ph.D in Insane Troll Logic. Later in the show's run, a Running Gag would be that Phillips would take a word said by the announcer or another character and craft an insanely tortured etemology around it based on the sounds of the word's syllables. Pertwee would then chime in, trying to knit the thought together in some sort of coherence. Phillips: "Sacrosanct". Now, that's an interesting word. Funnily enough, they gave the derivation of that word in my comic last week. Murray: Oh, dear, Noddy's off again! The Master: In my opinion, he's a raving nut! Phillips: No, no, this is jolly interesting. "Sacrosanct".

"Sack", as in "race", or "the thing you fill up with coal", if you've got any, that is, "rose", as in "cod" or "to smell as sweet as...", unless you happen to be sitting on two thorns at the time, and finally "sanked", which is the past tense of "sink", as in "washing up" or "where you do your smalls." The Master : Now, let me see if I've got this right, clever boy. According to you, the word "sacrosanct" means that somebody called "Rose" is sitting in the sink with a sweet-smelling cod, who's just delivered a sack of coal in her smalls. Phillips: Exactly. Now, that's another interesting word, "Exactly"... Murray: Oh, shut up! Interactive Narrator : The cast would often interact with the Narrator at the top of the show. Lemony Narrator : in one episode having the cast abandon the story to go look at the narrator's saucy calendar, starring an attractive actress.

Noisy Shut-Up : A bickering meeting of Mad Brass is brought to silence by the shout of "SHUT UP or I'll lock up the Gin". Any time Fatso Johnson is about to let the cat out of the bag on Pertwee's latest scheme, he is shut up with a very loud and rapid fire "BELT UP!!" from the panicked CPO. No Sense of Direction : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips, once mistook Shanklin (Isle Of Wight, just off England) for Shanghai amongst other blunders. Yes, he is the navigation officer. Sub-Lieutenant Phillips: Assuming we're not going down a one-way channel, and allowing for a nor'easterly up our Faroes — they're the people who live next door to the Cromarties, they often play whist together. Not the Egyptian Pharaohs, because they're dead anyway. Now, if we hoist over our fast nets, I reckon that Portsmouth should be that way, or that way, or that way, but definitely not that way, because that's where we just come from. So what we need now is a little touch of the old — left hand down a bit...

CPO Pertwee: Left hand down a bit — eventually — it is, Sir! Commander Murray: The awful thing is, he calls this "navigation". Sub-Lieutenant Phillips: If you think you can do better, sail on! See if I care! Commander Murray: Oh, no, no, no! I hate to interfere! The only thing that baffles me is how you know Sardinia is behind us, and why we're not sailing that way? Porky Pig Pronunciation : Commander Weatherby from Intelligence. Cmdr Weatherby (trying to buy an airline ticket to the Digital Islands):""I'd like a return ticket-t-t-t-t-t-ticket-t-t-t-t-t to the Digital-Digital-Digital I-mbrI-mbrI-mbrI-tidley-I-tidley-I, the Digital-mbrDigital-mbr-Digital-mbrI-tidley-tidley-mbro-mbro-mbro to hell with the Digital Islands, I'll go to Jersey". The Admiral(explaining Weatherby's job): "No wonder he's head of security.

By the time he finished telling secrets to a foreign power they'd be out of date!" Then, there was CPO Pertwee doing a spot-on impression of Weatherby singing in the tub. After attempting to get, repeatedly through the first few words of 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles," he ends with "oh, to Hell with it — I've lost the soap!"invoked Put on a Bus : The first Number One Lieutenant Price is put on loan to the US Navy at the end of series one. Later in the run they would try to do the same with Mister Phillips, in-universe, but he accidentally got on a Forbodian ship and was kidnapped leading to a Pity the Kidnapper plot as he managed to sink half their fleet with his navigation and Troutbridge was forced to accept him back. Reassigned to Antarctica : How Povey ended up in charge of the Troutbridge mob to start with, and it almost happens to all of the cast at some point. According to Jon Pertwee's autobiography, the film production company wouldn't employ Dennis Price for the film because of his sexuality . Because of this, Pertwee refused to do the film without Price .

Spin-Off : The Big Business Lark and The Embassy Lark were spin-offs, of the "concepts" rather than "characters" type. The Embassy Lark had two Required Spin Off Crossover episodes called "National Grumpshog Week" and "Sub-Lt Phillips Drops In". Staircase Tumble : When Pertwee and Johnson get stuck on a lighthouse, this is how poor Able Seaman Johnson always ends up getting down from the top. Pertwee of course, taking an inordinate delight in sending him up there for various reasons. Stopped Reading Too Soon : In one episode Povey's scheme to drum the HMS Troutbridge crew out of the navy falls apart because he only read the front of the orders sheet, there was information on how they could get out of it on the back. Even worse The Admiral admits that he makes the same mistake constantly, and only noticed some important stuff when he turned some paper over to use as a drink's coaster. Suspiciously Similar Substitute : The lead officer was changed from Lieutenant Price to Lieutenant Murray after season 1. Teeth-Clenched Teamwork : Whenever the crew and Povey are forced to work together.

Theme Tune Cameo : Sub-Lieutenant Phillips whistling the show's theme music as a "Ditty" he'd picked up somewhere. He's promptly told to stop it by the rest of the cast as it sounds silly and annoying . Those Wacky Nazis : Literally, in one episode, as Troutbridge manages to capture a straggler U-Boat from World War II , with hijinks and poor German accents abounding. Please note, the episode was set in and aired in 1960... They'd been convinced the war was still on and were being resupplied by (what they thought was) a Dutch Nazi-Sympathiser...called Pertwee . The gag was even an In-Joke — the member of the Pertwee clan outfitting the U-Boat was named "Ingeborg"... which just happened to be the name of Pertwee's real-life wife. True Companions : Once Murray joined they started hanging together no matter what Povey and the Admiralty threw at them, Price was more willing to let Phillips and Pertwee take the fall for their misdeeds.

It's telling that it was during Price's time as Number One that the four words most dreaded by CPO Pertwee were "The Unit Comfort Fund" — which was Price's way of relieving Pertwee of his ill-gotten gains or otherwise punishing him for his latest scheme. Pertwee thought he had buried those logbooks pretty deep, and it wasn't for a couple of seasons till Murray started to use it, albeit more sparingly, as a club to keep Pertwee in line. Verbal Tic : CPO Pertwee had a habit-t-t-t of rolling his 't's, either when nervous or mocking. Also, there was Commander Ignatius Aloysius Atchuson, who suffered from a tendency to sneeze himself through his sentences. Atchuson: Atchually, I shuffer from a vitchus attack of...of...of...haychfever! Phillips: It's more than an attack, man...you're a one-man epidemic! Wales : The homeland of Goldstein, who joined the Royal Navy to work his passage to Swansea. In one episode, Goldstein is accidentally promoted to Admiral.

His first official act is to take the ship to Wales to show off to his family and friends — at least till Pertwee and Murray tire of parading around Swansea and let slip that the ship runs on oil burners, not coal burners. His fiercely proud-of-the-coal-industry Welsh family nearly disowns him . Whole Episode Flashback : Mr Phillips At Dartmouth recounts how Navigation Officer Phillips got lost on his way to Sandhurst and landed up at Dartmouth Naval College. Wire Dilemma : The Troutbridge was once sent to retrieve a lost American satellite. After they think they found it, an American expert read them a ludicrously complicated set of instructions on how to disarm the device. The crew got hopelessly lost, but it turned out not to be really the satellite after all. However, they later found the real satellite and found they couldn't remember the instructions at all. World of Ham : It had to be a radio comedy, The BBC would never have been able to stand the scenery costs of a live action series. Wrong Wire : Happens when the crew of HMS Troutbridge is attempting to defuse the self-destruct mechanism on an American satellite.

Fortunately, the first time this happens it turns out that what they have retrieved is not the satellite but a marker buoy. The second time, however... Yellow Peril : The Master, a steotypical Fu-Manchu style villain, who would show up from time to time to theatrically threaten the crew. Zany Scheme : Almost every episode involved either; a Get Rich Quick scheme by CPO Pertwee , an attempt by Commodore Povey to drum the crew out of the navy, Sub-Lieutenant Phillips trying to woo WRN. Chasen , Cmdr. Murray trying to save his career from the lot of them, or all at once . :: Indexes :: The Navy Lark (Series) | Everybody Down - The Navy Lark Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Everybody Down - The Navy Lark Wiki Cast members of The Navy Lark, together with the emblem of HMS Troutbridge . From left to right; Back: Ronnie Barker , Jon Pertwee , Michael Bates , Tenniel Evans . Center: Stephen Murray , Richard Caldicot , Leslie Phillips . Front: Heather Chasen and Judy Cornwell .

Contents Edit The Navy Lark was a BBC radio comedy written by Laurie Wyman and George Evans about the crew of The Royal Navy ship HMS Troutbridge , (a pun on HMS Troubridge, an actual Royal Navy destroyer) based in HMNB Portsmouth , though in series 1 and 2 the ship and crew were stationed offshore at an unnamed location known simply as " The Island ." In series 2 this island was revealed to be owned by Lt Cdr Stanton. The series was transmitted on the BBC Light Programme and subsequently BBC Radio 2. It was produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston . Laurie Wyman conceived the idea and wrote the scripts (with George Evans from quite early on, but who was not name checked until the 12th Series onwards). For most of its run, it starred Jon Pertwee , Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray . The show was first aired on The Light Programme in 1959 and ran for thirteen series until 1976 making it the second longest running radio programme the BBC has made.

The main characters of The Navy Lark are: Chief Petty Officer Pertwee , played by Jon Pertwee ; Sub Lieutenant Phillips , played by Leslie Phillips and The Number One, which was played by Dennis Price in the first series and Stephen Murray from then on. The rest of the regular characters were played by Richard Caldicot , Ronnie Barker , Tenniel Evans , Michael Bates and Heather Chasen . [1] Plot Edit Programmes were self-contained, although there was continuity within the series, and sometimes a reference to a previous episode might be made. A normal episode consisted of Sub Lieutenant Phillips , scheming Chief Petty Officer Pertwee and bemused Lt. Murray trying to get out of trouble they created for themselves without their direct superior, Commander (later Captain) "Thunderguts" Povey finding out. Scenes frequently featured a string of eccentric characters, often played by Ronnie Barker or Jon Pertwee Edit The Republic of Potarneyland, a country situated somewhere on the Indian subcontinent, is featured in several episodes.

Over the course of the series, it is revealed that Potarneyland had recently been granted independence from Great Britain, and had joined NATO because the Potanis considered it to be a "free gift scheme". During Series 3 of The Navy Lark, a Potarneyland frigate, the Poppadom , appears in several episodes manned by various Potani officers voiced by Michael Bates and Ronnie Barker. Cast Laurie Wyman – Inspector Burt Tiddy / various Production Edit The series used accents and characterised voices to supplement the humour, as well as a good deal of innuendo. The show's theme tune was a traditional hornpipe called St Ninian's Isle. The programme also featured musical breaks with a main harmonica theme by Tommy Reilly and several enduring catchphrases , most notably from Sub Lieutenant Phillips: "Corrrrr", "Ooh, nasty...", "Oh lumme!", and "Left hand down a bit". "Ev'rybody down!" was a phrase of CPO Pertwee's, necessitated by a string of incomprehensible navigation orders by Phillips, and followed by a sound effect of the ship crashing.

Also, whenever Pertwee had some menial job to be done, Able Seaman Johnson was always first in line to do it, inevitably against his will: "You're rotten, you are!". The telephone response from Naval Intelligence (Ronnie Barker), was always an extremely gormless and dimwitted delivery of "'Ello, Intelligence 'ere" or "This is intelligence speakin Template:'" . Other recurring verbal features were the invented words "humgrummits" and "floggle-toggle" which served to cover all manner of unspecified objects ranging from foodstuffs to naval equipment. Reception Edit The series made household names of Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Richard Caldicot, but Ronnie Barker's versatile contributions were only recognised after he had become better known through television comedy. Michael Bates later appeared on television as Blamire in Last of the Summer Wine and as Rangi Ram in It Ain't Half Hot Mum . Judy Cornwell was later to appear in the short series Moody and Pegg, but became best known when she was cast as Daisy, one of Hyacinth Bucket's sisters in Keeping Up Appearances .

Dennis Price returned for a guest appearance in the fourth series episode A Hole Lieutenant Repeats can regularly be heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra . Sequels and adaptations Edit There were several radio sequels, including The Embassy Lark and The Big Business Lark . The TV Lark was intended to be a replacement for The Navy Lark starting with what would have been the series' fifth season. This situation came about due to the head of light entertainment believing that "forces" based humour had had its day and television was the next "big thing" so Lawrie was told to create a show with the same cast in an independent TV station situation. Alastair Scott Johnston and Lawrie Wyman tried to stop this folly but were overruled, hence the arrival of The TV Lark. The entire cast had been drummed out of the service (as the announcer puts it) and hired by Troutbridge TV Ltd. Janet Brown joined the cast due to the absence of Heather Chasen for this season.

However, mainly due to public pressure, the production team of Alastair Scott Johnston and Lawrie Wyman managed to revert the show back to nautical capers, even though episode ten of The TV Lark revealed that CPO Pertwee had arranged to flog almost the entirety of HMS Troutbridge. Storylines in The TV Lark nudged back to Naval origins across the ten shows until they were finally reunited with Troutbridge and acceptable storylines once more. 10 episodes were made but unfortunately Episode 9 is lost. In 1959 a film version was made, written by Laurie Wyman and Sid Colin and directed by Gordon Parry. It starred Cecil Parker , Ronald Shiner , Elvi Hale, Leslie Phillips and Nicholas Phipps. Wyman co-wrote with three other writers a television sitcom HMS Paradise ( Associated-Rediffusion , 1964-5) set in a naval shore establishment in which Caldicot played Captain Turvey, but only one series was made. The entire series has been wiped, but a rumour exists that one episode still exists.

The show was condensed from 30 to 27 minutes by Transcription services, then the discs were then exported around the world except for South Africa. As Springbok Radio was a commercial station the BBC refused to allow the station to re-broadcast the British shows so the station acquired the scripts from Lawrie and edited them to around twenty five minutes, to accommodate the commercial breaks. The revised show was recorded by them in front of a live audience. All the UK associations were kept for the Durban audiences which must have been incomprehensible on occasions. Excerpts of these broadcasts can be heard on the Springbok celebration site and occasionally Pumamouse. Episode guide The Navy Lark — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm humour THE NAVY LARK The Navy Lark was a radio sit-com about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge, based in HMNB Portsmouth, though in series 1 and 2 the ship and crew were stationed offshore at an unnamed location known simply as "The Island." In series 2 this island was revealed to be owned by Lt Cmdr Stanton. The series was transmitted on the BBC Light Programme and subsequently BBC Radio 2.

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Question: What was the name of the Royal Navy Frigate featured in the Radio Comedy Series The Navy Lark?
Answer: HMS TROUTBRIDGE